NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Reinsurance Group of America

(NYSE:

RGA

) is tomorrow, February 8, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 18 cents per share. At a price of $56.17 as of 9:34 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.3%.

The average volume for Reinsurance Group of America has been 399,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Reinsurance Group of America has a market cap of $4.12 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

insurance

industry. Shares are up 8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides individual and group life and health, annuity, critical illness, and financial reinsurance products. The company has a P/E ratio of seven, above the average insurance industry P/E ratio of 6.6 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Reinsurance Group of America as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. You can view the full

Reinsurance Group of America Ratings Report

.

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